Tipperary 0-6 Kerry 0-12:KERRY POWERED to an emphatic success over Tipperary in yesterday's Munster MFC final at Páirc Uí Chaoimh
Tipperary entered this game full of confidence following their semi-final win over Cork, but they were unable to replicate that performance against dominant Kerry.
Kerry led 0-8 to 0-1 at the interval with their defence, marshalled superbly by Phillip Galvin, Danny Wren and James Coffey, in control. They led 0-3 to 0-1 after the opening quarter, largely reliant on Eanna O’Connor’s freetaking to put them ahead. But with Jack Sherwood, Shane Carroll and Damien Kelly all finding their range, Kerry were seven points ahead at the midway mark.
Tipperary’s Thomas Hill and Liam Treacy kicked early scores, to cut the deficit to 0-8 to 0-3. Paddy Dalton, Graham Quinn and Gerard Mulhair all impressed in Tipperary’s defence but their forwards struggled to make headway.
Points from the outstanding Sherwood (two), Niall O’Shea and O’Connor pushed Kerry into a 0-12 to 0-3 lead and late points from Tipperary’s Johnny McMahon (two) and Roger Peters for Tipp failed to alter the result.
KERRY: P O’Sullivan; M Galvin, P Galvin, D Wren; G Gibson, J Coffey, N Fitzgerald; J Sherwood (0-4), D O’Sullivan (0-1); N O’Shea (0-1), S Carroll (0-1), M Brennan; I Galvin (0-1), D Kelly (0-1), E O’Connor (0-3, three frees). Subs: M Thiemann for Brennan (45 mins), M Reen for Galvin (53 mins), D Doody for O’Connor (56 mins), M Griffin for Gibson (61), D Culhane for Fitzgerald (61).
TIPPERARY: A Wall; G Quinn, J Ryan, P Dalton; L Murphy, G Mulhair, D Dwyer; J Lonergan, R McGrath; M Ivors, E Kendrick, T Hill (0-1); L Treacy (0-1), R Peters (0-1), B Hewitt (0-1, one free). Subs: S O’Meara for Lonergan (21 mins), J McMahon (0-2, two frees) for Treacy (45 mins), E Kent for Hill (48 mins), A Matassa for Kendrick (48 mins), S Power for Ivors (56 mins).
Referee: Michael Rock (Clare)
